Childhood friend quarrels and another phone call
Remus sighs, fidgeting around with the cup of tea in his hands. "I just don't know if I can actually do this Lily."
She looks up from her owns, raising am eyebrow at him.
"Remus, you're not even put off by commiting crimes, even though that could quite literally cost you your job."
"Yeah but...this is different."
"Different how? Why do you consider this worse than commiting crimes?"
"Well- I mean-"
He scoffs.
"You know damn well why this is different."
"No, actually. I don't. I don't understand at all why you'd rather commit crimes than investigate someone you're kind of partially tied to through, like, five corners, or whatever."
Lily takes a sip of her tea.
"Especially with how much money you could get out of this. "
"Oh for fuck's sake Lily, you know I couldn't care less about the money, no matter how much it is."
She chuckles. "Oh, calm down Remus. I don't know why you're so riled up about this. Is this really all because of your sis-"
"Yes, it's because of my sister", he interrupts her. "I mean- I love her, and I get why she's doing what she's doing, but-"
*Ring Ring*
Oh. No. Not now.
"Hm? Who's that?" Lily asks, looking at his phone, her irish accent becoming much more noticable through the excitement. "Wait, oh my God, is she finally calling you back?"
He sighs again.
"Well, what are you doing, pick up already!"
"Hello, you've reached Remus Lupin, P.I., how can I help you?"
"Remus! It's me, Mary. I'm sorry I let you wait, my...other appointement had me occupied for longer than I'd expected."
"It's quite alright, don't worry."
"Ah, well...I just wanted to ask again, before we continue, if you're still alright with this? After all, this is a big thing, and kind of risky, so not everyone would be willing to do this."
"Say yes!", the redhead next to him whispers, making him aware that his phone was on speaker. "You've already agreed to this. Plus, think ab-"
Remus puts a hand over her mouth to make her shut up, just for her to lick it. He pulls back his hand with a disgusted look on face. Lily grins smugly and sticks her tongue out at him. He rolls his eyes, before flipping her off.
"...so?" he hears the other woman say through his phone, pulling him back to his conversation.
"I- of course, I'm still willing to work with you, Mary."
"Wonderful?" she exlaims, relief in her voice. "So, I persume you want more details?"
"Yes, that would be great. Just, what exactly do you want from me? What am I supposed to look for?"
"Everything. I want everything. Everything you can find. Every single even just so little secret he might be keeping from me. Is he actually gay as everyone says? Is he cheating on me like I suspect? Is it with a man? The more, the better. I don't care what you find, give me everything."
That's...very intense.
"I will send you a few more information about this all to your office in the next few days, alright? I will let our gardener deliver it to you, to make sure it actually gets there. You can barely trust all these postal services these days, you know...", she sighs. "He's a good friend of mine actually. He's one of the only people I can actually talk to in this godforsaken house. Though he is kind of clingy to my husband. I think he might be helping him hide something from he. But I hope not. That would be such a shame, I really like him. Oh- I'm getting carried away, aren't I? Well, anyways, you will get a few documents sometime during the next week. Goodbye Remus, and thank you so much for your help. Mwuah."
"Goodbye, Mary", he still answers, even though she'd already hung up.
"Well, that was certainly interesting", Lily speaks up again.
He turns to her, suddenly remembering what happened between them just a few seconds before. "Why the fuck did you do that??"
"You put your dirty ass hand over my mouth again! What did you expect?"
"Well, I didn't think you were going to lick it again!"
"I told you I would!"
"God, you're impossible." He rolls his eyes, but also can't help a smile creeping onto his face.
"I'm going to put these away." He picks up their cups and walks into the kitchen.
*Ding Dong*
"Oh? Well who might that be?" she asks confused. "I'll get that."
"Wait, no!" he objects.
But, too late.